Renault will end its Formula 1 engine programme after the 2025 season, the French car company has announced. The decision means Renault's Alpine team will have to buy engines from another manufacturer, which is expected to be Mercedes, from 2026.

Struggling Formula 1 team Alpine confirmed it will no longer use its homemade Renault engines in 2026. Alpine said in a statement on Monday that its F1 engine factory at Viry-Chatillon on the outskirts of Paris would become an engineering center called Hypertech Alpine, starting from the end of this year.

PARIS - Renault are to stop producing Formula One engines from 2026, ending almost half a century of use in F1, the French manufacturer’s Alpine team announced on Sept 30. The move had been flagged by Alpine’s former team boss Bruno Famin in July. The team are expected to use Mercedes power units from 2026.

Renault has confirmed that its power unit operation will cease at the end of the current set of regulations, with the Alpine Formula 1 team to become a customer entry. The intention to turn Alpine

Renault will stop producing Formula 1 engines starting in 2026, ending nearly 50 years of activity in motorsport, as announced in a statement by Alpine, Renault's racing team. The

Renault will close its independent Formula 1 engine program after the 2025 season, marking the end of an operation that has built championship-winning engines on and off since the 1970s. The Alpine Formula 1 team will continue, the team says, but with a customer engine deal when a new generation of series regulations begin in 2026.

Renault Group, the parent company of the Alpine F1 team, confirmed in a statement on Monday that the group would stop building its own F1 power units following the 2025 season. The team’s power unit facility at Viry-Chatillon will become the Hypertech Alpine facility,

A statement from Renault has confirmed that it will be abandoning Alpine's 2026 Formula 1 engine project at its Viry-Châtillon factory in France, thereby ending its involvement in the premier class as a works outfit.